Mount Sinai Hospital Corporation

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Sinai Health System

Rita A Kandel

J Paul Santerre

Robert M Pilliar

Marc Grynpas

Shu Qiu Li

The disclosure relates to an intervertebral disc implant comprising a first construct comprising a continuous layer of nucleus pulposus (NP) tissue directly or indirectly on and integrated with a substrate, and a second construct surrounding the first construct comprising one or more continuous layers of annulus fibrosus (AF) tissue on and adherent to a scaffold, wherein the AF tissue, which is composed of single or multiple adherent layers, is integrated with the NP tissue. The disclosure also relates to methods of preparing the multi-tissue intervertebral disc and using the intervertebral disc as an implant.

Intervertebral disc implant

The present invention relates to a fibrous scaffold for use as a substrate in soft tissue applications, in particular for preparing annulus fibrosus (AF) tissue. In aspects, the present invention also relates to an engineered biological material comprising AF tissue; constructs comprising one or more engineered biological materials; methods for producing the biological materials and constructs; and methods of using the biological materials and constructs.

Fibrous scaffold for use in soft tissue engineering

The present invention relates to an engineered biological material comprising or enriched for tissue of intervertebral disc; tissue derived from an engineered biological material; constructs comprising one or more tissues from an engineered biological material; methods for producing the engineered biological materials and constructs; and methods of using the engineered biological materials and constructs.

Intervertebral disc

A biological material comprising a continuous layer of cartilaginous tissue reconstituted in vitro which contains components associated with cartilage mineralization. The biological material may be cultured with a mineralizing agent to form a mineralized biological material. The mineralized biological material is characterized by having a biochemical composition and physiological organization substantially similar to the deep and contiguous calcified cartilage zones of articular cartilage found in animals in vivo. Methods for preparing the biological materials and methods of using the biological materials are described.

Reconstituted mineralized cartilage tissue

Resorbable implant biomaterial made of condensed calcium phosphate

The present invention relates to cartilage tissue reconstituted on a substrate; to a method for producing reconstituted cartilage tissue; and to cartilage tissue reconstituted in vitro from isolated chondrocytes cultured on a substrate.

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Toronto, Canada

Rita A Kandel